A Free Pass?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Noreen Connell Executive Director of the Educational Priorities Panel says stopping "social promotion" has not been shown to work
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Tony Coles former deputy mayor for planning, education and cultural affairs, contributing editor to City Journal and a Manhattan Institute senior fellow, and now an attorney with Paterson, Belknap, Webb, and Tyler says "social promotion" is a sure way to fail our kids
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Rhonda Carloss-Smith president of the New York affiliate of the National Black child Development Institute wants more resources for early childhood intervention

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